Challenges and Potential Solutions for Sustainable Urban-Rural Linkages in a Ghanaian Context
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
- Source: Authors (2019). Note a, b, c, d are sub potential solution.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Challenges for Sustainable Urban-Rural Linkages
3.2. Ranking and Prioritized Potential Solutions
3.3. Elaboration and SDGs Interlinkage Analysis of the Prioritized Potential Solutions
3.3.1. Gender Inclusiveness
3.3.2. Investment in Basic and Economic Infrastructures
3.3.3. Promotion of Modernized and Sustainable Agriculture Systems
3.3.4. Promotion of Effective Decentralized Systems
3.3.5. Innovative Financial Inclusion Systems
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Discipline of Participants | Distribution of Participants | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
First Workshop 16–17 January 2018 | Second Workshop 16–17 August 2018 | Third Workshop 23–24 January 2019 | Fourth Workshop 17–18 March 2019 | |
Research core team | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Researchers/Experts | ||||
Environment | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
Development studies | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
Social studies | - | 1 | - | - |
Population studies | - | 2 | - | - |
Other | - | - | - | 3 |
Stakeholders | ||||
Government | - | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Non-Governmental Organizations | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Media Communications | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Business sector | - | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Total | 14 | 32 | 37 | 49 |
Gender distribution | ||||
Male | 57% | 40% | 34% | 63% |
Female | 43% | 60% | 76% | 37% |
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Somanje, A.N.; Mohan, G.; Lopes, J.; Mensah, A.; Gordon, C.; Zhou, X.; Moinuddin, M.; Saito, O.; Takeuchi, K. Challenges and Potential Solutions for Sustainable Urban-Rural Linkages in a Ghanaian Context. Sustainability 2020, 12, 507. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020507
Somanje AN, Mohan G, Lopes J, Mensah A, Gordon C, Zhou X, Moinuddin M, Saito O, Takeuchi K. Challenges and Potential Solutions for Sustainable Urban-Rural Linkages in a Ghanaian Context. Sustainability. 2020; 12(2):507. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020507
Chicago/Turabian StyleSomanje, Albert Novas, Geetha Mohan, Julia Lopes, Adelina Mensah, Christopher Gordon, Xin Zhou, Mustafa Moinuddin, Osamu Saito, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi. 2020. "Challenges and Potential Solutions for Sustainable Urban-Rural Linkages in a Ghanaian Context" Sustainability 12, no. 2: 507. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020507